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POINT AND BOOT If you like the instant-preview aspect of digital cameras but find the rest just too newfangled, Kodak may have the camera for you. When you shoot a picture with the new Kodak Advantix Preview ($299), it takes a regular old picture on film and captures a digital image at the same time, so you get a sneak peek at the shot you just snapped. That way, if you make that goofy face again, you won't have to wait for the prints to find...
Kodak has introduced a new PC accessory that quickly converts pictures shot with APS film into a digital format for onscreen viewing, printing or e-mailing. Simply insert a roll of developed APS film into the Advantix Film Drive ($349, available in July), and images are digitized directly from negatives for optimal quality...
Nonetheless, Fisher readily admits that Kodak botched the launch last year of its 24-mm Advantix camera (price range: $50 to $250), the company's other major new high-tech consumer product. Kodak figured that shoppers would snap up a camera that loaded film in snafu-proof cassettes and produced high-quality photos that could be captured on film, filed easily and transferred to computers. But the launch, estimated to have cost $100 million, faltered for a lack of sufficient cameras in stores and a shortage of processors equipped with gear to develop the images. Now, for a fresh...
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